Diodorus' mythistory and the pagan mission : historiography and culture-heroes in the first pentad of the Bibliotheke / by Iris Sulimani.

Examining Diodorus Siculus' historiographical methods and his representation of mythical culture-heroes, this study demonstrates the significant contribution of the author's first pentad to his universal history and its importance as a supplement to our perception of Hellenistic civilizati...

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Main Author: Sulimani, Iris
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ; 331.
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